Table 1 Characteristics of childhood cancer survivors by quintiles of Health Eating Index (HEI)-2015 in the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study
| Â | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1 | Q3 | Q5 | Q1 | Q3 | Q5 | |
Median score | (45.9) | (59.3) | (74.4) | (46.1) | (59.3) | (75.0) |
N | 472 | 376 | 276 | 234 | 322 | 429 |
Age, years (mean) | 29.9 | 29.9 | 32 | 27.1 | 30.1 | 31.5 |
Race/ethnicity (%) | ||||||
 White-non-Hispanic | 82.8 | 82.7 | 88.8 | 78.2 | 77.6 | 85.8 |
 Black-non-Hispanic | 13.4 | 13.8 | 6.2 | 21.4 | 18 | 8.6 |
 Others | 3.8 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
Educationa (%) | ||||||
 Less than high school | 13.6 | 9.6 | 4.4 | 14.5 | 8.4 | 2.3 |
 High school graduate | 28.6 | 16.5 | 9.8 | 23.5 | 15.5 | 10.5 |
 Training after high school | 32.4 | 39.4 | 26.1 | 35.9 | 35.1 | 28.2 |
 College or post-graduate | 16.1 | 24.7 | 51.8 | 17.1 | 32.9 | 50.6 |
 Other | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 4.2 |
Smokinga (%) | ||||||
 Never | 56.1 | 70.0 | 73.9 | 65.8 | 74.5 | 78.6 |
 Former | 10.0 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
 Current | 22.9 | 12.8 | 8.3 | 21.8 | 17.1 | 7.7 |
Alcohol, drinks/day (%) | ||||||
 0 | 24.8 | 22.9 | 14.5 | 31.2 | 23.6 | 13.8 |
 <0.5 | 44.3 | 43.9 | 44.2 | 53.4 | 56.8 | 59.9 |
 0.5–<1 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 13.5 |
 1–<2 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 16.3 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 7.5 |
 2+ | 7.8 | 9.6 | 15.9 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 5.4 |
Body mass index, kg/m2 (%) | ||||||
 <18.5 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 3.3 |
 18.5–<25 | 36 | 26.6 | 35.5 | 35.9 | 34.2 | 45.7 |
 25–<30 | 23.7 | 39.1 | 37.7 | 21.8 | 21.7 | 23.1 |
 30+ | 35.4 | 33.0 | 26.1 | 34.2 | 39.1 | 28.0 |
Physical activity, never/rarely (%) | 23.9 | 17.0 | 7.6 | 26.5 | 22.4 | 7.9 |
Multivitamin use (%) | 15.0 | 25.3 | 39.9 | 10.3 | 20.8 | 39.2 |
Single supplement use (%) | 23.7 | 36.7 | 56.9 | 22.7 | 37.0 | 56.4 |
Hypertension (%) | 9.3 | 9.3 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 13.7 | 7.7 |
High cholesterol (%) | 5.3 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 5 | 6.5 |
Diabetes (%) | 1.9 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 4 | 4.4 |
Cancer treatment | ||||||
 Chest radiation (%) | 26.3 | 23.1 | 23.2 | 18.4 | 20.8 | 24.2 |
 Anthracycline (%) | 56.4 | 58.8 | 57.6 | 63.3 | 55.3 | 55.7 |
 Alkylating agent (%) | 65.0 | 66.5 | 57.6 | 61.1 | 60.6 | 58.0 |
 Platinum (%) | 15.7 | 13.8 | 10.9 | 19.7 | 14.6 | 9.8 |
Cancer group (%) | ||||||
 Central nervous system | 17.2 | 16.5 | 10.5 | 13.7 | 14.6 | 8.2 |
 Leukemia | 31.6 | 34 | 35.1 | 36.3 | 39.4 | 38.2 |
 Lymphoma | 18.9 | 20.2 | 26.5 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 19.4 |
 Wilms tumor | 7.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
 Other | 25.4 | 25.5 | 24.6 | 31.2 | 25.8 | 27.5 |
Nutrient intake | ||||||
 Total fat (% of total energy) | 37.8 | 37.0 | 33.8 | 37.8 | 37.1 | 34.6 |
 Vitamin C (mg/1000 kcal) | 51.0 | 106.1 | 175.1 | 54.3 | 112.5 | 231.8 |
 Dietary fiber (g/1000 kcal) | 5.5 | 7.7 | 11.6 | 5.9 | 8.0 | 12.9 |
 Calcium (g/1000 kcal) | 377.3 | 422.8 | 500.7 | 360.1 | 431.5 | 532.8 |
 Total sugar (g/1000 kcal) | 61.0 | 57.7 | 57.7 | 65.1 | 61.6 | 59.0 |
 Sodium (mg/1000 kcal) | 1636.2 | 1671.1 | 1656.5 | 1601.1 | 1657.5 | 1680.4 |
 Potassium (mg/1000 kcal) | 1014.1 | 1279.8 | 1630.1 | 979.3 | 1260.6 | 1742.1 |